Images: Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc®
The internationally renowned Ultra Trail du Mont-Blanc extends to seven valleys, 71 glaciers and 400 summits. This ultra trail in the Mont-Blanc mountain range includes Mont-Blanc, Noire de Peuterey, Dent du Géant, Grandes-Jorasses, Aiguille du Tour, Aiguille Verte and the Drus vertical.
As part of a week long festival of ultras in the Alps encompassing three countries, the UTMB is the main event, taking place over two days. Registration is open to 2300 participants who have accumulated the necessary UTMB points, obtained by competing in the list of world ultra races approved by the organisers and found on the official website.
The route covers the following path: Aiguille de Bionnassay, Col du Bonhomme, Col de la Seigne, Val Veni, Noire du Peuterey and the glaciers descending Mont Blanc, Val Ferret, Dent du Géant and Grandes Jorasses, Bovine and Les Tseppes, Aiguille Verte, the Drus, Mont Blanc and Chamonix.
